Technology Strategy Contracts in England

Technology Strategy
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Technology Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technology Strategy over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 403 362
Rank change year-on-year +87 -41 +42
Contract jobs citing Technology Strategy 233 264 515
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.55% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.61% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 193 376
10th Percentile £425 £460 £413
25th Percentile £494 £525 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £750 £775 £750
90th Percentile £950 £910 £894
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate £30.12 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £85.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -64.56% +30.77% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Technology Strategy is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Technology Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Technology Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technology Strategy in England.

Daily rate trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Strategy in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technology Strategy in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technology Strategy in England

Technology Strategy
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +69 126 £550 -21.43% 92
North of England +51 50 £669 +8.78% 20
North West +48 38 £666 +0.53% 14
Midlands +41 22 £750 +13.21% 14
South West +15 17 £725 +9.43% 13
West Midlands +38 16 £800 +18.52% 9
South East -11 13 £613 +1.24% 26
Yorkshire +6 8 - - 4
East Midlands +14 6 £445 -28.08% 5
North East - 3 £897 - 2
East of England +6 1 £575 -14.81% 4
Technology Strategy
UK

Technology Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (7.73%) Apache
2 5 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 3 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.43%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.43%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.43%) InVision
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (7.73%) Shopify
2 3 (1.29%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.29%) Primavera
2 3 (1.29%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.86%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.86%) Bloomberg AIM
3 2 (0.86%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 59 (25.32%) AWS
2 53 (22.75%) Azure
3 18 (7.73%) Amazon Kinesis
3 18 (7.73%) BigCommerce
4 15 (6.44%) GCP
5 8 (3.43%) SaaS
6 7 (3.00%) PaaS
7 5 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (2.15%) IaaS
7 5 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.15%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.72%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (1.29%) GitHub
9 3 (1.29%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.29%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.15%) Network Security
2 10 (4.29%) WAN
3 9 (3.86%) LAN
4 7 (3.00%) Firewall
5 5 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.72%) VPN
7 3 (1.29%) Intranet
7 3 (1.29%) VoIP
8 2 (0.86%) DNS
8 2 (0.86%) SAN
9 1 (0.43%) 5G
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.43%) Internet
9 1 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.43%) MPLS
9 1 (0.43%) NAS
9 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.43%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.73%) Flink
2 7 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.72%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.72%) DynamoDB
4 3 (1.29%) Big Data
4 3 (1.29%) MySQL
4 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.86%) OLAP
5 2 (0.86%) OLTP
5 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.43%) DB2
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.43%) Power BI
6 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.58%) Git
1 6 (2.58%) JIRA
2 4 (1.72%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.29%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.29%) Maven
3 3 (1.29%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.43%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 74 (31.76%) Social Skills
2 67 (28.76%) Finance
3 32 (13.73%) Banking
4 27 (11.59%) Public Sector
4 27 (11.59%) Retail
5 25 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (8.15%) Marketing
7 17 (7.30%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.15%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.72%) Front Office
11 4 (1.72%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.72%) Legal
12 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.29%) Electronics
12 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.29%) Local Government
12 3 (1.29%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (53.65%) Architect
2 33 (14.16%) Solutions Architect
3 25 (10.73%) Enterprise Architect
4 21 (9.01%) Developer
4 21 (9.01%) Lead
5 17 (7.30%) Java Developer
6 16 (6.87%) Security Architect
7 14 (6.01%) Analyst
7 14 (6.01%) Full Stack Developer
7 14 (6.01%) Full Stack Java Developer
7 14 (6.01%) Senior
8 12 (5.15%) Technical Architect
9 11 (4.72%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.86%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.86%) React Developer
11 8 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (3.43%) Domain Architect
11 8 (3.43%) SC Cleared Java Developer
12 7 (3.00%) Azure Architect
12 7 (3.00%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.15%) Kafka
2 13 (5.58%) VML
3 8 (3.43%) Middleware
4 4 (1.72%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.72%) ModSecurity
4 4 (1.72%) REST
4 4 (1.72%) Spring
5 3 (1.29%) .NET
5 3 (1.29%) CSS
5 3 (1.29%) DAO
5 3 (1.29%) J2EE
5 3 (1.29%) jQuery
5 3 (1.29%) React
5 3 (1.29%) Sass
5 3 (1.29%) Spring MVC
5 3 (1.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (1.29%) Web Services
6 2 (0.86%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.86%) Node.js
6 2 (0.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Public Cloud
2 13 (5.58%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.86%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.00%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.00%) Mobile App
6 6 (2.58%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.15%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.72%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.29%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.29%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.86%) Blog
10 2 (0.86%) Clustering
10 2 (0.86%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.86%) PKI
10 2 (0.86%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.86%) Robotics
10 2 (0.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.87%) Linux
2 15 (6.44%) Windows
3 4 (1.72%) Unix
4 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (70.39%) IT Strategy
2 79 (33.91%) Agile
3 70 (30.04%) Business Strategy
4 65 (27.90%) Roadmaps
5 45 (19.31%) Enterprise Architecture
5 45 (19.31%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (16.31%) DevOps
6 38 (16.31%) TOGAF
7 31 (13.30%) Microservices
8 28 (12.02%) Risk Management
9 24 (10.30%) Project Delivery
10 23 (9.87%) CI/CD
10 23 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (9.87%) Strategic Roadmap
11 22 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (9.44%) Project Management
12 20 (8.58%) Analytics
12 20 (8.58%) Architectural Patterns
12 20 (8.58%) B2B
12 20 (8.58%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.87%) Java
2 13 (5.58%) Python
3 11 (4.72%) SQL
4 8 (3.43%) Go
4 8 (3.43%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.29%) Bash
6 3 (1.29%) Ruby
6 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.43%) C#
7 1 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 71 (30.47%) SC Cleared
3 34 (14.59%) Degree
4 16 (6.87%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.43%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.72%) CITP
7 4 (1.72%) HND
7 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.29%) CCNP
8 3 (1.29%) CISSP
8 3 (1.29%) MCSE
8 3 (1.29%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.29%) PMP
9 2 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.86%) CISM
10 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.30%) NIST
2 16 (6.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.43%) QA
4 6 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.29%) IASME
5 3 (1.29%) NCSC
5 3 (1.29%) SLA
6 2 (0.86%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) EMIR
7 1 (0.43%) GDPR
7 1 (0.43%) MiFID
7 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.72%) Docker
2 8 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.72%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) vCloud
5 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.86%) Terraform
3 7 (3.00%) Ansible
4 4 (1.72%) OPNET
5 3 (1.29%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (1.29%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.86%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.43%) SCOM
7 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (14.16%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.30%) SAP
3 19 (8.15%) Salesforce
4 18 (7.73%) Adobe
4 18 (7.73%) Sitecore
5 14 (6.01%) VMware
6 12 (5.15%) Dell
6 12 (5.15%) Intel
7 11 (4.72%) Cisco
7 11 (4.72%) Google
8 6 (2.58%) Oracle
9 5 (2.15%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.15%) Databricks
10 4 (1.72%) Aruba
10 4 (1.72%) BiZZdesign
10 4 (1.72%) Meraki
10 4 (1.72%) Splunk
11 3 (1.29%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.29%) F5
11 3 (1.29%) Optimizely